PRACTICAL GARDENING 



FIG 8. The wrong way to spade. Notice the posi- 

 tion of the foot. This method is tiresome and develops 

 serious pain in the instep. The spade should be forced 

 into the soil, not by the foot but by the whole body. 



steel plates on the upper and lower side of the 

 short handle. In using the spading fork, do 

 not strike the freshly turned clods, especially 

 if they are stiff clay, with the back of the 



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